Having built his reputation on good detective work, combined with his unique approaches, Burnside is back on familiar form heading a crack unit in the National Crime Squad, Britain's equivalent of the FBI.
As a member of the National Crime Squad with a new team under him, Burnside investigates illegal firearms and settles an old score.
Following the massacre at the burger bar in Margate, Burnside closes in on Billy Holden, but must reach him before the Yardies do.
Women are being murdered, and Burnside and his team must find the connection between the killings before the murderer strikes again.
Burnside reluctantly allows DC Sam Phillips to act as bait to try to catch the serial killer. But she gets more involved than she should...
When a trial ends in disaster, Burnside's informant is threatened. Meanwhile, Dave and Sam investigate a gangland murder.
The Russian mafia money has arrived and Vickers is on an all-time high, blissfully unaware that Burnside is hell bent on revenge for the murder of Tony Shotton.